Judge Tracie Porter in Cook County, Ill., issued her lengthy ruling Wednesday, ordering the state election board to remove the former president from Illinois’s March 19 primary ballot.

Judge Tracie Porter granted a motion by a group of Illinois voter advocates, Free Speech for People, who claimed Trump’s actions on January 6th, 2021 contributed to the U.S. Capitol riot.

The ruling from Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter, an elected Democrat, concluded that Trump is barred from office under the 14th Amendment because he engaged in the January 6, 2021 ...

The big picture: The ruling on Wednesday, which Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter immediately put on hold in anticipation of an appeal, came as the Supreme Court weighs a similar argument in ...